Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: HP Pavilion P7-1010 OS: Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 CPU: AMD Athlon X4 645 Motherboard: Foxxcon N-Alvorix RS880 Memory: 6GB DDR3 1066 Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 Sound Card: Realtek Integrated Audio Monitor(s) Displays: HP 2011x Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Keyboard: HP OEM- Made by Chicony Mouse: HP OEM- Made by Logitech PSU: Seasonic S12 II Bronze 380 Watt Case: HP OEM Cooling: Coolermaster Heatsink, AVC Case Fan Hard Drives: 1. Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2. 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 RPM
3. 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM Internet Speed: 20MBit Down/4 Up Browser: Internet Explorer 10 Antivirus: Microsoft Security Essentials
Did I miss something?
I always thought defrags made more space on your computer by organizing files and making programs run faster
But when I did a defrag, using Defraggler
I went from 83 gigs free space to 79 gigs free space
I even restarted, and nothing changed
I think that's kinda...
When I try using Auslogic Bootspeed defragmentation the following error occurs: "Your disk might contain errors. Run the check disk tool to check the volume for errors and fix them. However when I do it freezes up at stage for 62% I believe.
I have also tried using sfc/scannow and it says...
Hi, I carry out a regular defrag of my C drive and external hard drive regularly about once a month. The C drive is only ever around 5% fragmented but the EHD is around 30% each time.
Would I be better to delete the back-ups I have, re-format the EHD and then start with new back-ups again ?
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I do all my backups, files backup and Image backup in an external hard drive.
Once a month, I would do a disk defrag on my C drive, using Auslogics.
It has been in my mind, should I defrag the ext. hard drive ?
I keep the C drive lean. All files are " moved to " my external hard drive....